All Things Home and Family
January is done and gone. And I'm glad about it. Glad to have "Atlanta" behind me even though it was worthy, exciting work to shop the big market for the store where I work. I am not going to try to describe the place. Just imagine your favorite interior decor/household goods/gift and furniture store on… Continue reading January Is Gone
It's been a good Monday. All three shirts came through the laundry which seems funny...I washed on Saturday. Apparently I missed these. That's fine, they're good to go again. We're having occasional stove fires now. I love this season. We have the best firewood possible this year. Because it is quite dry or cured as… Continue reading Looks Like Home
I've been advising a friend to get something on her needles. It has to do with keeping at least part of your heart and mind grounded in something useful and thoughtful without the stress and complexities that seemingly never let up. Fall around here is scheduled full. If you're so inclined you may attend/participate in… Continue reading Evening, Again
We're in the last half of July. How quickly summer has flown by, and we've barely seen The Lake. We stopped Sunday evening to watch the waves. These harebell flowers are clinging to the rocks, their roots in a crevice, happily dancing in the breeze with the lake. Please don't notice that Elv is looking… Continue reading The Blue Flower Days
Actually, I did go over to have coffee with Amy this morning, because she invited me. Monday came around with an open schedule. I woke up realizing that I didn't have anything pending: nobody coming, no babysitting, no need to cook or clean. So I was free to take my time doing my morning things.… Continue reading Summer Day At Home
There is so much to be done around here that it's causing a fair amount of stress unless we keep talking to encourage each other. "We've forgotten how to play." Elv charged us on our way home from taking Brad's to the airport. "No, all these projects ARE play," is my protest. But to prove… Continue reading Every Minute
Here's a new view from The Stone House. We are making appreciable progress on the new lower level bathroom. Notice, I did not say basement. I think we can graduate from that term from now on! The shower is going in too, this week. We have Brad and Sierra here with us all week. They… Continue reading Monday Highlights
Oh well, let it be then. Will spring be spring with no winter preceding? Let's find out. There are pussy willows on my table, Thank You, Abbey. That's better than snow, anyway, since it's March now. The frost went out last week for good. Yay! We can clean up the lawns, again, Thanks to our trees,… Continue reading Acquiescent to Spring
We spent a week at our cabin on vacation this fall. It is "off the grid", the cabin itself unfinished. A lovely little cook-stove called Happy Meal is our main cooking source although we do have an LP burner and even an electric frying pan if we want. We have a generator to run our… Continue reading Cook Stove Adventure
That was Rosie's comment the other day while she was enjoying her work of redoing a mug display at the store. It is a matter of choice, where we work, and if we enjoy it or not. I finally chose, almost thirty years ago, to love the home I own and to own the home… Continue reading "This Is Why I Work Here"
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